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Newspaper Page TextTl THE MOBNING OKEGONIAN, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1902. he X2$OXtiCCXX Entered zt the Fostoface at Portland. Oregon, ts eecond-clasa matter. REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Br Mall (postage prepaid. In Advance)- Dally, with Sunday, per month 5 Dally, Sunday excepted, per year J bo Dally, with Sunday, per year J Sunday, per year S The "Weekly, per year 1 X JThe "Weekly. 3 xaontht To City Subscribers Dally, per week, delivered, Sunday cPeai55 Dally, per week, delivered. Sunday lncludedOo POSTAGE BATES. United Statet, Canada and Mexico: 12 5 it'pft6 PaDer S 14 to 28-page paper ...- Foreign rates double. Nw or discussion Intended for publication In Th Oregonlan should be addressed Invaria bly "Editor The Oregonlan." not to the name of any Individual. Letters relating to adver tising, subscriptions or to any business matter Should be addressed simply "The Oregonlan." Eastern Business Office. 43, 44. 45, 47, 48, 49 jXrlbune building. New Tork City; B10-11-12 "tribune building. Chicago; the S. C. Beckwlth Epeclal Agency, Eastern representative. For sale in San Francisco by L. E. Lee, Pal ace Hotel news stand; Goldsmith Bros., 233 Sutter street: F. "W. Pitts. 1008 Market street; !I-J. K. Cooper Co.. 740 Market street, near the Palaco Hotel; Foster & Orear, Ferry news tand; Frank Scott. 80 Ellis street, and N. IWheatley. 813 Mission street. For sale In Los Angeles by B. F. Gardner. '239 So. Spring street, and Oliver & Haines. 305 I Bo. Eprlng street. For sale In Sacramento by Sacramento News Co.. 420 K street. Sacramento, Cat For sale In Vallejo. Cal., by N. "Watts. 405 "Georgia street. For sale in Chicago by the P. O. News Co tl7 Dearborn street, and Charles MacDonald, '68 Washington street. For rale In Omaha by Barkalow Bros.. 1012 Farnam street; Mcgeath Stationery Co., 130S t Farnam street. , For sale In Salt Lake by the Salt Lake News fCo.. 77 "W. Second South street. t For sale In Minneapolis by R. G. Hearsey & r Co.. 24 Third Ftreet South. T For sale in "Washington. D. C by the Ebbett ' House news stand. For sale in Denver, Colo., by Hamilton & Kendrlck. 000-012 Seventeenth street; Louthaa tc Jackson Book & Stationery Co.. ICth and (Lawrence street; A. Series, Sixteenth and Cur- ' tls streets. TODAY'S "WEATHER Fair; not so warm. Northwest winds. YESTERDAY'S "WEATHER Maximum tem perature, 84; minimum temperature, 01; clear. PORTLAND, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1002. MISLEADING CHOP FIGURES. The statistics of the Agricultural De partment on the wheat yield of Oregon, "Washington and Idaho are by far the most ridiculous, useless and misleading of any that have ever been made pub lic by the Government. The unrelia bility Of the department's figures has been the subject of much sharp criti cism in the East, but It Is hardly possi ble that the yield of any other group of states could have been o grossly overestimated as that of the three men tioned. The Government's figures on the final out-turn of the 1901 wheat crop in these states were made at a time when the bulk of the wheat had 'been shipped, and when that still re maining was practically all in sight. In spite of these advantages for cor rect estimates, the final figures show tbi amount over 10,000,000 bushels in excess of the actual wheat "grown in the three states. That the crop had been largely overestimated by the. Agricultural De partment was pretty generally under stood by North Pacific operators, but it remained for the Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Department to set forth. tha a-rrn-r In ltc strnTnr!t llirht- According to the' figures (not est!-" mates) of the bureau, the total exports 1 from these three states for the fiscal year ending June 30 amounted (flour In cluded) to 35,071,484 bushels. In addi tion to this, 1,550,761 bushels had been cent coastwise, as wheat and flour to San Francisco, and 1.C91.640 bushels went East and south by rail, making" a total of 38,313,885 bushels. ''The most liberal possible allowance for feed, seed and reseeding would not exceed 9,500,000 bushels (if the Government's acreage figures were used It would be less-). This makes a total of 47,813,885 bushels, and the stocks of 2,696,956 bushels on hand at tidewater and in warehouses and farmers' hands" In the Interior June 80 make a grand total of 50.510,841 bush els. From this must be deducted 2,748, 000 bushels carried over from the 1900 crop, leaving the actual 1901 crop, if the figures of the Bureau of Statistics are correct, 47,813,885 bushels. These figures tally quite accurately with those of men in the trade -who have agents scattered throughout the country and have every facility for se curing accurate data regarding the out put. The figures of the Bureau of Sta tistics also agree with those of the Custom-Houses in the states from which the exports were made. Yet, with all of this data available, and every facil ity for securing knowledge of stocks on hand, etc, the Agricultural Depart ment puts out the following figures as the wheat yield for 1901: Oregon, 17, 158,065 bushels; Washington. 34.518,968 bushels; Idaho, 6,241,216 bushels; total, 57,918,249 bushels, or over 10.000,000 bush els more than the actual out-turn of the three states. When misrepresentation of this kind Is made by local pests for well-understood reasons, the effect is not serious and the large surplus which never be comes visible is disposed of as chicken feed or in fictitious shipments. From the Government, however, wheatgrow ers and wheatshlppers are entitled to more accuracy. The addition of 10,000, 000 bushels of wheat to a crop that was olready a record-breaker would create an additional demand for 100 ships a situation to advance rates perhaps sev eral cents per bushel. Shipowners took advantage of the Government's wild fig ures last Fall, and on the strength of the enormous crop which the Govern ment was promising they succeeded In holding rates up to fancy figures until well past the turn of the year, when the bottom began to show in the wheat bins. The Agricultural Department is In a position to prove a valuable aid to the farming and commercial interests of this country, but the circulation of such i worthless statistics as it has given out regarding the 1901 wheat crop In Ore gon, Washington and Idaho offsets Its usefulness in other directions. Its fig ures for these states, as shown by actual shipments and stocks on hand, are fully 20 per cent too high. If the errors have been as glaring in other states of the Union, the 1901 wheat crop of the United States was nearly 150,000,000 bushels smaller than the Government has stated it to be. Other states, however, demand and receive more attention than is ac corded the North Pacific States, and a 10,000,000-bushel error In a 47,000,000 biishel territory adjacent to the Chicago wheat pit would cause such a disturb ance that there would bo an Instant revision of Hgures. The policy of the Harriman lines In the direction of settling Oregon Is bound to yield good fruit and local Interest and co-operation will vastly increase the benefits of the movement The aim Is to bring wholesome Immigration Into the state. If we shall receive these peo ple as worthy of citizenship and neigh borly IntereBt. instead of as interlopers 'and prey to all sorts of sordid practice. we shall do much to make them satis fied and helpful members of the com munity. A. narrow, stingy, weazen pol icy on the part of citizens or corpora tions will damn any state. Enlightened self-interest dictates that we aid in making our advantages known among desirable people who want better homes and that we give them welcome when they come. Western Oregon has shown in the past week a desire to help the movement, and with such help Ore gon Is sure to take on new growth. CAPITAL'S EYE ON OREGON. There is every reason to believe that present operations looking to the devel opment of the Coos Bay country are In good faith, and. moreover, - that there is some.thing more substantial than mere good intentions behind them. Somebody commanding ample capital has evidently come to the conclusion that Oregon Is a good field for it, and has started on a well-matured plan to open new country and to provide all facilities necessary for handling the new business. Whether it be the Gould rail roads or interests represented by Bank er Moffatt, of Denver, or Standard Oil people, or W. A. Clark, or somebody else seeking profitable Investments on a large scale, there is hardly room to doubt that a serious purpose Is behind these operations and that Oregon will be materially benefited by them. As progress is made, indications point more and more to Independent support for the new Oregon project. If it were the Goulds seeking merely a Pacific out let for their railroad system, there would hardly be so close attention to the local industrial details. If It were W. A. Clark seeking a place for his burdensome income, local features would probably wholly obscure trans continental considerations, for he would not care for a road to Portland and Coos Bay to compete with Mb expensive line to Lea Angeles and San Pedro. As It Is, no secret is made of the fact that considerable care will be taken to serve the local lumbering Interests. They will be best served, however, by direct connection with Inter-mountain and Eastern markets. And the same line that will give Coos Bay and Umpqua Valley lumber direct access to the Ne vada, Utah and Colorado market will carry Coos Bay coal for fuel east of the Cascades. There would be no call to worry for traffic, for such a railroad, without ven considering the "possibili ties of transshipment between water and rail at Coos Bay wharves. The harbor possibilities at Coos Bay give special significance to this railroad en terprise. But this appears to be a many-sided development plan, involving not only railroad construction and harbor Im provement,, but extensive lumbering and perhaps banking also, as the or ganization of a trust company In Port land, might ba construed to mean. These are hardly acts of irresponsible speculators, particularly :slnce consid erable expenditures have already been made and there la no lack of funds to meet bills promptly. The entire move ment bears the Impress of conscious strength. It asks no favors, pays its way. it does not reel called upon to take the public Into its confidence until operations snau De wen unuer way. But the wisdom of those who have em barked on this field of Industry com mands respect and gives assurance of success. It is time that aggregations of East ern capital should be reaching into Ore gon, for" profitable employment. Capital for the industrial development of the state will find a welcome here and every opportunity for legitimate profit. Lack of money has long held Oregon In fetters. If accumulated capital has at last got its eye on the great re sources and trade possibilities of the state, it is cause for rejoicing. Liberal treatment should be accorded the new comers. They will wake not only Coos Bay, but Portland, also, to new life and ,tnejgy, and enable us to catch up with destiny. THE CROWNING OP EDWARD VII Again the date has been set for the coronation of King Edward, and the Im posing ceremony, shorn somewhat of its originally Intended grandeur, will take place in Westminster Abbey on the 9th of August a date scarcely three weeks hence. The splendid ceremony will please rather than dazzle the British people, who see in it the symbol of past power and opportunity for the expression of present jubilation for which the nation has abundant cause. The coronation of Nicholas of Russia a few years ago meant as much as the crowning of any one of his long line of ancestors, as It placed the insignia of imperialism upon the brow of a ruler who stands for the substance as well as for the display of Kingship. The coronation of Edward means much less than this, since he is a constitutional monarch whose crown is hardly more than a symbol of author ity. The great pageant stands for the advancement of the English people for Its present and future, not for its past Clouds gather upon the National horizon, it is true, but other clouds have recently vanished, o that when the crown- of Great Britain is placed upon Edward's head he will stand as the rep resentative or figure-head of a great na tion, at peace with all the world. It Is easy to see that Britain's gravest problems are now the problems of trade, Industry and of socialism. These are shown in the dogmatism of trades- unionism, which, with the unreason and unrest that are begotten by it among English workingmen, has crippled man ufactures In many lines and allowed the United States and Germany to forge ahead, destroying British trade suprem acy. The statement that England can not long compete In the world's markets because labor unions are in control and will not permit her manufacturers to underbid her rivals Is a familiar one, the truth of which it Is not difficult to verify. This Is without doubt the grav est problem that confronts the British people today. It Is socialistic In Its tendencies and is conspicuous by Its ex aggerated Idea of the worklngmen's rights and a lack of understanding of trade conditions, upon the prosperity of which the wider Industrial life of the nation depends. The growth and greatness of England have expanded under her colonization policy, wisely engineered since her statesmen learned the lesson of the American Revolution. To maintain these the home problem, which is fast assuming the status of "imperialism vs. socialism," must be worked out care fully and along progressive, economic lines. It Is to the restoration of the in- J dustrlal prestige of England that the statesmen In the reign of Edward VII must address themselves, and that speedily, logically and intelligently, if the crown soon to be placed upon the King's brow is to be symbolic of a peaceful, prosperous reign. In which the element of discontent is a. subjective force, held in check so adroitly and managed without offensive show of au thority. The hand of the King in all of this will not be felt It Is his province to represent a stable form of government on its spectacular side. The Balfours and Chamberlains of the realm aretthe rulers of its destinies. Edward VII is its titular King, and he has brought to the throne dignity and honor in orderly succession, and of these his crown will be the symbol. OUR TRADE "WITH JAPAN. Mr. Frederic Emory, chief of the Na tional Bureau of Foreign Commerce for the Department of state, made public a few days ago an Interesting summary of the trade, relations between the United States and Japan, compiled from the returns of last year. A feature of especial interest Is the showing made in this report of the inability of cheap labor to compete "with machinery. This Is made plain by the fact that hitherto the greater part of the exports of Japan have consisted of raw materials, while the largest Item of manufactured goods has been cotton yarn, which is shipped almost exclusively to China a country noted, like Japan, for Its cheap labor. One of the most hopeful features of the situation in Japan today, as she struggles toward the goal of Western civilization. Is the recognition of this fact by her educational classes. Prom inent business men have brought to the attention of statesmen, and the latter are now considering the question of a policy which Includes hand labor, ma chinery and the Introduction or foreign capital, and this agitation may reason ably be expected to bring about in the near future changes that will be bene ficial to our foreign trade with Japan as well as to the domestic economies of that nation. First, a 'growing market for machinery- Will be opened In that country, and since self-interest is a responsive ele ment In all commerce, our statistician finds that the United States may easily become first in supplying this demand. We already lead In the exports of elec tric light apparatus, mining and paper making machinery, watch movements, watch cases and bicycles to Japan. In weaving and spinning machinery, fire engines and pumps, tools and Imple ments of farmers and mechanics, sew ing machines and photographic appa ratus, we hold second place. Japanese railway officials express a preference for the American railway locomotive, and the United States sends about two thirds of the iron rails imported to Japan and the same proportion of the nails, having won this last trade from Germany, which five years ago con trolled the market We also sent the largest valuation of Iron pipes and tubes to Japan last year, Great Britain having until that time been the heaviest Importer. It is held by Mr. Emory that, as the people of Japan come to accept and act upon the doctrine of the substitution of machinery for hand labor, which Is now being taught by her most thought ful citizens, the demand for machinery of all kinds will increase, and if the United States is sufficiently alert to her own interests and opportunities, we shall gain a full share of the increased trade of that country. The possibilities In this direction are practically bound less. The awakening needs of a popu lous empire are behind It. The eager ness of an Imitative people will con tribute to the rapidity of its movement. The need of foreign capital is the im portant economic question in conjunc tion with this Industrial and mechan ical change, and this will be enlisted when the old laws which forbid the alien ownership of land in the empire, which have come down to the present from Its hermit days, are abrogated. This change Is now being urged, and when It is accomplished Japan will offer an excellent field for foreign capital which capitalists of the United States will do well to enter promptly, that they may have the advantage that accrues from being first on the ground. Al ready our commerce with Japan, Includ ing Imports and exports, Is greater than that enjoyed with her by any other nation. It will only be through lack of vigilance in the great world of Interna tional traffic, If we should lose this pre cedence In the future. SOMETHING OUT OP THE ORDINARY Mr. Samuel Cooper, of Philadelphia, a lawyer of local prominence, delivered an address before the Pennsylvania Bar Association recently. In which he took strong grounds against a breach of promise of marriage or alienation of the affections being made actionable at law. Both practical and sentimental consid erations are urged in support of his position, many of which have appealed to the sensibility of high-minded per sons in the community as often as ac tion for damages from either of the causes named has been brought before the courts. Mr. Cooper asserts that no court or Jury Is competent to decide whether or not any man or woman Is justified in breaking a promise of marriage. He contends, further, that If one party to the engagement be sincere in the belief that It should be broken, that fact ought, for the sake of both, and ulti mately for the good of society, to gov ern In the matter. Regarding suit for alienation of the affections, Mr. Cooper asserts that it Is never brought against the person who may fairly be assumed to have been the most guilty. If the husband or wife prove faithless, the contention under the law is not that he qr she is responsible, but the third person, who has shared his or her guilt This appears to Mr. Cooper as bald In justice. He contends. In reference to such cases, that no court or jury Is com petent to fix the degree of guilt or de cide the amount of damages sustained. He asserts further that the woman who "will go Into court and expose her dead courtship to the public gaze," or the husband who sues for alienation of af fections, desecrates marriage by bring-. ing it into public contempt, and proves that he or she Is unfit to be i party to it TheEe conclusions will meet the In dorsement of modest, sensitive women and honorable men In every community. But the fact remains that there are oth ersmen and women who place a sordid value upon love and domestic tranquil lity, and who find recompense for the loss of either In exemplary damages. This Is, Indeed, the basis of the law under which action in such cases is brought Mr. Cooper points out that when breach-of-promlse suits we're first brought In England, between ,200 and 300 years ago; the right to recover was finally confirmed only wnen actual pe cuniary loss had been sustained by the plaintiff. Under the Roman law no ac tion could be brought for either cause, and in the countries of Continental Eu rope damages when assessed In such cases follow closely the pecuniary loss sustained. In this country such action rests almost solely upon the sentimental basis. Juries are called upon to assess the Injuries sustained by wounded af fection, public or juivate humiliation and disappointed hopea If they are able to fix this at half the valuation placed thereon by the plaintiff, the lat ter usually considers that airing her troubles, Including the publication of her love letters, has been a paying In vestment. The lawyer's fees In such cases aro usually what the laity calls "fat," hence it is not at all probable that Mr.. Cooper's brethren of the profession will. In any considerable numbers, join him In the plea that breach of promise to marry and alienation of affections be stricken from the causes for which suits for damages may be brought. Besides, there are those who think money and notoriety an equivalent for losses of this kind, and why should sentiment, albeit cast in a more lofty mold, seek to de prive them of this full and complete recompense? The threo constituent systems of the so-called merger the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific and the Burling ton all show a marvelous increase In gross earnings for the year ending June 30, 1302 n28.5S7.000 this year against $108,979,000 last year an increase of $19,608,000, or IS per cent. It appears from the summary that the increase on the Great Northern was nearly 28 per cent, on the Northern Pacific 25 per cent and on the Burlington 7 per cent. Thet earnings of all three will be greatly Increased by their joint traffic arrange ments, and the net earnings of the Bur lington will undoubtedly show a -very decided Increase after a year's opera tion under the Great Northern methods of handling freight. When the Burling ton purchase was made, doubts were Expressed In some qunrters whether mui roaa coum De reneu on to proauce net earnings sufficient at all times to pay the 4 per cent on the $200,000,000 guaranteed by the Great Northern and Northern Pacific. Even with no in crease in its business, the Burlington, operated on Great Northern methods, will yield much larger- net earnings than heretofore, and the St. Paul Pio neer Press points out that the increase in Its gross earnings during the past year Is likely to dissipate any fears of ts earning capacity under the new re gime. Prices, according to "Dun" and "Brad street's," were higher on the first of this month than a year earlier, but the different methods of computation em ployed by these two authorities give very different estimates of the amount of the change. "Dun" makes the In crease from 91.509 to 101.910. "Brad street's" makes it only from 83.951 to 85.3S0. "Dun's" figures for July 1 are a little higher than for June 1, but not so high as the figures for May 1, which were the highest In the record of four teen years. "Bradstreet's" figures for July are slightly lower than those for June as well as May, and the May fig ures were exceeded In October, 1900. and very slightly In December of. the same year. The May figures were exceeded through most of 1899 and 1900. Compar ing present prices with those of a year ago, "Bradstreet's" finds 65 commodi ties higher, 25 lower and 15 unchanged. "Dun" finds a general "advance of 11 per cent, which is almost entirely in domestic food. Breadstuff's rose 38 per cent and meats 23 per cent, while dairy and garden products also advanced slightly. Imported food, especially cof fee and sugar, declined, while other changes were comparatively small." As a center for livestock Interests, Portland holds advantages that .are hardly found elsewhere In this country. But they avail her little. Why should livestock by the tralnload pass through Portland to markets north and south while Portland is at the same time im porting trainloads of packing-house products? Livestock can be delivered In Portland cheaper than to other mar kets through Portland. Portland pack ers have the advantage of a local cus tom' that gives them a material 'gain on all animals slaughtered here, as well as the double transcontinental freight charge, to protect them. One of the fin est grazing countries in the world drains directly through Portland. A vast ex port demand lies at our .door. All kinds of packing-house products can be advantageously marketed from this center. There are cattle enough now available. Most of the hogs remain to be grown, but the capacity of the coun try to produce them Is unquestioned. More packing-houses and. better stock yards are a necessity for. the develop ment of the stockgrowlng and meat packing Industry in the Northwest. And the conditions will warrant an Immedi ate move on that line. Retribution follows closely upon the attempts of those who are ignorant of Nature's balancing" processes and at tempt to reorganize them by law. A few years ago the Legislature of Penn sylvania, beset by the poultry farmers, passed a law. providing a bounty for killing hen hawks. A few years later the farmers bewailed the Increase of field mice and besought state aid for their extermination. The hawks hadj been practically exterminated, but the mice, ' upon which they fed almost exclusively, with occasion ally a chicken by way of va riety, multiplied unchecked. The sheep Interests of Eastern Oregon have been successful In securing a bounty for coy ote scalps; as a result, rabbits are mul tiplying, to the great' detriment of grain interests. At this point It may be well to Remark that favoritism In legislation Is forbidden by the spirit of our insti tutions and the letter of our law, wheth er the recipients of such favor represent one Industry or another. .The New York Journal of Commerce points out that the Mexican dollar In the Philippines was worth about 50 cents in gold in the latter part of 1S00. About April 1, 1902, it was worth 45.2 cents; on May 1 It was worth 40 cents, and on July I it was worth 4L5 cents. Such wide and rapid fluctuations mean uncertainty and obstruction to com merce that can only be removed by removing the cause Congress, after It assembles, cannot too quickly pass the House measure putting tbe Philippine currency on the gold basis, like that of other civilized countries, if It wants the foreign trade of the Philippines to pros THE ONLY HAND THAT SMITES YOU San Francisco Bulletin. Environment and Heredity, as fetishes, are two repressive devils. A belief In their unlimited power governs the lives of an enormous number of people. On all sides you hear the expression, "Oh, Jones couldn't help being a criminal. He In herited a criminal disposition"; or "His environment made him what he was"; or "Smith succeeded In life because he was surrounded by wealth and elevating In fluences"; or "Smith couldn't help going to the bad, owing to his evil companions and to the fact that his. father was a thief and a drunkard," This is fatalism diluted with pessimism. That such statements are often true is not denied. Millions of people arc made or marred by their environment; millions are ruled by their belief in the almighty power of the chains of heredity. These are facts, just as it is a fact that millions of people once believed In the power of so-called witches; but the fact that people believed In witchcraft did not prove the wltchos possessed occult evil power. It proved merely that people were Ignorant and credulous. The witches possessed no power over tholr alleged victims ex cepting what the fearful victims put into the witches by their credulity. In other words, it was the panic induced by their own beliefs and fears which Injured tne people. The power of a man's mind over his body whother exorcised intelligently through consciously directed will, or un consciously through blind credulity or faith or fear Is unlimited. A man may, through the power of cither Imagination or will, give himself a pain In any por tion of the body, and by the same mearts take It away again; he may so believe in his own power as to make success cer tain, or he may pin all his faith to tne disabilities transmitted to him by an undesirable ancestry, and so distrust his own untried power as to make failure Inevitable. The evil effects of heredlty He more In the imagination than In ne cessity. We Inherit tendencies, not hard and fast conditions; and these tenden cies we may overcome by the exercise of a determined will. Heredity unquestion ably has much to do with fashioning the physical body, as every breeder of live stock knows. But in the realm of mlna, heredity and environment have little or no power over you. excepting what your own faith In them puts into them. The man Who believes he is ruled by heredlty is ruled merely by his own be lief. The Zulu who believes his destiny is governed by a snakeskln stuffed with dried grass and pebbles Is on the same plane. His faith makes him ill. and hla faith makes him well again. A drunken father and a weak mother may transmit to the child a tendency to the use of stimulants, which tendency will be strengthened by his early environment But as soon as the child's mind develops and he begins to exercise his individual will and choice. It becomes his to choose whether he will foster and develop this evil tendency, or whether he will step aside from it and build a strong, unham-. pered Individuality, all his own. In-a poor' country family of Ix children, al) with similar weak hereditary tendencies and with identical early environments, we have seen three of them weakly submit to these Influences and become as their parents were; two, of more determined wills, threw off the yoke and made of themselves strongly individualized men, wholly different from their weak brothers who had resigned themselves fo their "fate"; while the sixth, at flrs't' handi capped by the same, heredity and environ ment, cut loose from It all and through the power of a determined will won suc cess and fame almost world-wide. He manufactured himself as he went along, and this Is precisely what every human being can and should do. "Kismet It Is Fate!" cries the Moham medan, and ceases to cry. The result Is s"cen In the lack of Oriental progress iind greatness. The Western mind, If but halt awake to the truth, says: "I am master of, my fate I control my stars." "When he falls, he does not blame it on blind fate or heredity, but on his own lack of continuity or of development or of will power. We finally get just what we per sistently expect. If we expect to be ruled by our ancestors we will make slaves ot ourselves- Even Epicurus said, "A strict belief In Fate is the worst slavery. Im posing on our necks an everlasting tyrant whom we are to stand In awe of night and day." And a. belief in the crushing power of heredity Is a belief In Fate. Fate and heredity and environment stand aside for the determined man or woman. "Give me a chance." whines the vacillating youth who believes that the world is against him, "and I will show you what I can do." But give him a dozen chances and he would never be quite ready. What he needs flrat of all Is a belief In his own unlimited, unconquerable power. Then he will 'not ask to be given anything not even a chance. He will make chances. Hear the mighty Napoleon cry, with truth. "By heaven, I make opportunities!" If blind Fate steers our boat while we do tho rowing, the fault Is our own. We paralyze his arm and let all the blood out of him the moment we cease to believe in him. You havp unlimited possibilities for becoming anything you choose to make yourself; but at the present moment you have no more power than you believe you have. Opposition comes to you only to try your mettle and to give you strength. This may shock your self-complacency and your desire to be pitied when the world looks dark to you, but ponder the wise saying of the sage, Pythagoras: "The hand that smites thee Is thine own." No truer, more helpful sentence was ever uttered. "Smeared a Blot." New York Journal. By refusing reciprocity to Cuba after setting her free. Congress smeared a blot across the record of ono of the grandest acts on the part of a nation In history. The Panama lint of Omar. New Tork Sun. Before the lingering days of "Winter died Methought a voice inside the hatter's cried: "When all our Summer stock la spread 'with in "Why stand the dubious purchasers outside?" And while they lingered one, who stood before The window, shouted: "Let me In the door! I'll put my money In a Panama. E'en though for throe years I can buy no more." Now the warm days, reviving old desires, lo own a Panama each fport aspires; So hies he to hla uncle with his watch To raise the price that stylish garb requires. Some for tho glories of this world; a few Sigh for the hopes of Paradise to view. Ah! take them all; I only ask. for mine. To own a. Panama of faultless hue. As by the hatter's door I stood agape I saw a Panama of matchless shape, t I had to have It, though I knew full well "When my wife saw It I'd be In a scrape. Nay, my beloved, wipe away those tears. Extravagant It seems, but have no fears. Now I can buy you moro and better hats. A Panama like mine will last ten years. I often think I never looked so well As sine I put me on this headgear swell. But. too, I wondr why those hatters wear One half so costly as the stuff they selL But that linoleum lid, whose tender braid Dally on Broadway Is displayed Ah! handle It full gently, for who knows In what fierce thunderstorm 'twill come, un xnado? Strange. Is It not. that of the myriads who Before us passed the hatter's portals through Not one will tell the" truth of what It cost. But multiplies the cost at least by two? Except when Ananias homeward goes The sum It costs then shrinks It never grows But never let hlra think he's fooled his wife; She knows about It all she knows, she knows. Ah! chilly Autumn, with thy wind and rain. Haste not thy coming. Must I beg In vain? A scant two months I've worn my Panama. I can't afford to buy eo soon again. ONE LAW FOR ALL. Chicago Inter Ocean. Henceforth all tourists entering this country by way of New York, whether they be titled or untitled, distinguished or plain, will be compelled to answer the same questions that arc put to steerage passengers. This Is In compliance with a law which was passed In 1SS3. when Chester A. Ar thur was President, but which has been observed In the breach ever since. An or der from the Treasury Department now makes It necessary that the Immigration officers shall enforce It In spirit and In letter. The inspectors who board tho Incoming steamers will be expected not to know any class differences among passengers. They must be no respecters of persons. There are certain questions to be asked, and they must be answered satlsfactorlly beforc tho person interrogated can leave the ship. Some of these questions are intended only for people of a certain class, but that no discrimination may be apparent, all the questions must be propounded, whether the boarding inspector is convinced from the title, the standing, the address or j cioining ot tne passenger mat tney are unnecessary or not If It Is the Hon. Joseph ChamberUin who Is making one of his periodical visits to our shores, he will be asked if he can read and write and whether he has money enough with him to carry him beyond the port of debarkation, or to his friends. If It is the Archbishop of Canterbury, he will be asked If ho has any vicious habits, and if so. how many, and what he Is doing to get over them. If It is Itudyird Kipling, or J. M. Bar rie. or Edmond Rostand, he will be asked If he has had any schooling, and if he Is capable of making his -own living. Should It happen to be the Duke of Marlborough, he will be asked If ho was ever In jail; if so, for how long, and to please give the particulars of his last conviction. Some of the most cultured and chirmlng of. our trans-Atlantic sisters will be ex pected to tell the boarding officers wheth er they are white or colored, if they have any visible mans of support, if they left their happy homes In Europe to better ftieir condition. and whether they have been trained for domestic service. Now, there are objections In certain quarters to these questions, and one or two have peremptorily refused to answer them on the ground that they are offen sive. But this attitude Is not justifiable. The law Is fOr all. and sensible people will not hesitate to comply with It cheerfully, particularly since compliance with it will smooth and hasten their trip down the gangway. Lord Rosebery and the Irish. Ques tion. New York Times'. Of course it is Inconceivable that the Earl of Rosebery, cither In his possible capacity as the leader of a reunited and reorganized Liberal party or as a student of history, should deliberately take an American audience further into "his confidence than he has his hearers In Manchester. Liverpool, London and other British political centers. But for the very reason that he presupposes great Ignorance on the part ot Americans of certain phases of the" Irish question, his article on that subject in the current number of Collier's Weekly Is well worth a careful examination. It Is nothing less than the outline of a plank in the plat form for Liberal Imperialism, which ad vocates the Liberal administration and execution of matters of legislation and acta of government created by Lord Salisbury and his Tory and Unionist colleagues. Lord Rosebery Is not prepared and will never be prepared to grant an inde pendent Parliament to Ireland. It Is not mere fiscal and legislative autonomy that the Irish leaders aTe after, but ab solute separation. Moreover, the writer, taking Illustrations from Austria and Hungary. Russia and Finland, and Swe den and Norway, shows that dual gov ernment is not a success between hetero geneous peoples. But what, according to Lord Rosebery, makes Anglo-Irish dual government impossible? What is the Irish question? It In the Internal Incompatibility that exists between a slow, conscientious. Protestant Anglo-Saxon race and a quick-witted Celtic Ro man Catholic race, with different alms, differ ent churches, and last, and not least, a differ ent sense of humor. There you have It It explains how Mr.. Gladstone's bills of ISSo and 1893 now' He burled, how the dissolution of the alliance between the Irish and the Lib eral party Is declared permanent, and how the Conservative government by es tablishing home rule on the county gov ernment basis, has really taken the only course compatible with the Integrity of the United Kingdom. In short. Lord Rosebery's message is writ large In imperialistic characters. It Is creditable to his breadth of mind, but what basis It affords for an opposition policy it is not easy to see. PERSONS WORTH KNOWING ABOUT. A monument to the late J. Sterling Mor ton Is to be erected at Nebraska City and the Intention Is to dedicate It on Arbor Day, an anniversary founded by Mr. Morton. The largest private collection of cacti In the United States la owned by Mrs. Ida Balmer Camp, of Caro, Mich. It contains many va rieties not found elsewhere In this country. Horace White, editor of the New York Evcnlns Post, has been made a trustee of, Belolt College. He graduated from that In stitution, soon afterward going to Chicago to engage In newspaper work. For seven hours one day recently the State of New York was without an executive head. Governor Odell and Senator Ellsworth. Presi dent pro tern., being In the Weat, Lieutenant Governor Woodruff la Europe and Speaker Nixon In Ohio. It was noticed when John D. Rockefeller was bidding his eon good-bye at the steamer dock In New York a few days ago. that the Standard Oil man looked careworn, wrinkled and aged to an extent not generally dreamed of by those who only see him occasionally. D. H. McAbee, State Factory Inspector of Indiana. Is urging that a law be enacted requiring architects to pass an examination In ventilation appliances. He says that most of the schoolhouses In the state have no ventilation except through the windows, which Is whojly unsatisfactory. The next Peymaster-General of the Navy will be John Nlnlger Sreel. of Minnesota, at present Fleet Paymaster of the European station, on the flagship Illinois. Speel la 40 years old. a nephew of Alexander Ramsey, of Minnesota. ex-Secretary of War, and has an excellent record In the service, which he en tered in 1375. General "William C. Otis says he will not be a candidate for Governor of Alabama. In which office he served pne term, beginning in ISOo, when he had reluctantly resigned his seat In Congress to make the run on the Importunity of his party friends. He says now that If he ever again runs for an office it will be for that of United States Senator. Buffalo Bill and Senator "William A. Clark, theMontana copper king, are great friends. When they first became acquainted Clark waa peddllnjr clocks and Cody was carrying out his contract to furnish buffalo meat for la borers, who were building the Kansas Pa cific Railway. In a year and a half Cody JtHled over 4000 of the animals and earned the sobriquet by which he Is now known. The leaders In the last session of Congress were mostly men who have served a number of terms. Senator Hoar has served 23 years: Piatt and Hawley. 27 and 23 respectively; Aldrlch, 27; GaHlnger, 15; Allison. 37; Fryo and Hall. 33 and 31. In the House Cannon and Hitt have seen 14 and 10 terms respect ively; Speaker Henderson. 10; Grosnor, 8: Grow and Bingham. 10 and 12; Dalzell, & Ex-Governor Pattl?on. who is once mere the choice of Pennsylvania Democrats for Governor, Is a Democrat of the old school, utterly opposed to parade ot every kind. At the Harrlsburg convention ot 1S00, the year when He was elected. It was determined to give him. a royal reception on his arrival In the city. A splendid carriage and horses were waiting him when his train pulled in during a rain storm. Pattlson looked the rig over and sold: "That's too rieh for me to ride In; take It away. I'm going to walk up under this dollar umbrella." KOTE AND COMMENT. - Fair site, fair sites everywhere, nor any site to choose. At all events, Seattle has got San Fran cisco going on a crime story. The Guardsmen are having a delight fully cool outing- at Albany.- Tracy seems to be holding out about as well as any of the Nation's enemies. The first duty of the next Congress will be to adopt the Marquis of Queensberry rules. J. P. Morgan never played -poker. Do thou likewise, young man, and make Jl.OCO.OOQ.OOO by your savings. Secretary Root is to sail for Europe soon, and General Miles will open ari of his mall that hasn't a foreign stamp on It Wu Ting Fang Is keeping remarkably stlll. Was he on any ot the tickets as a candidate for Vice-President at the last election? Alfred Austin will put his next corona tion ode on lea and keep the key of the refrigerator in his pockets till after the coronation. David B. Hill went all the way to Oyster Bay and then didn't see President Roosevoit Probably the President heard him coming. Kitchener is said to object to being a hero, but his refusal to take his share of the prize money is not on tile with the archives in the British Museum. Perhaps King Edward has set an early date for the coronation because he doesn't want J. P. Morgan to merge the crown with that of the Kaiser, and cut down expenses by abolishing one of the offices. Senator KIttredge. of South Dakota, takes pride in never saying more thin "Yes" or "No" to newspaper men. One day recently a correspondent interviewed him, but was unable to get more than the monosyllables named in reply. Finally he asked: "What is the largest city in South Dakota?" The Senator looked his surprise as he answered: "Sioux Falls." The correspondent bowed and left Meet ing a friend a few moments later he said: "I have all you fellows beaten now. I have just added the words 'Sioux Falls to Senator Kittredge's vocabulary." They say in London that Lord Kitchen er's unwillingness to be the central figure of a big military display on his return to London is quite characteristic of the man. To him, warfare Is a business, and the spectacular side of It makes no appeal whatever to his imagination. When he came back from the Soudan, after crush ing the Khalifa and had received his peer age and a grant of $150,000, he was enter tained at dinner by merchants and busi ness men of London. When it came his turn to speak, he said. In a simple, off hand way, something like this: "Gentle men, I am very much obliged for the com plimentary things that you have said to me. You say that you are anxious to show your good will. Very well. Tell mo how I can invest this 30,000 so as to get 8 per cent on it." The introduction of ping pong has brought on a boom In lawn tennis. For a year or two past, tennis has been In the background, put there by the more popu lar golf and cycling. With the Increasing popularity of these two games, tennis re ceded untir It was so far out of sight a3 to be considered almost entirely out of the category of popular games. By partici pating In the Indoor game of ping pong, people who never knew the game of ten nis before have developed an Interest in It, and now, as they take their departuro for the country, they wish to continue the delights of the game by playing out of doors. Manufacturers of sporting goods report increased sales in tennis goods, and the tennis courts of the city parks are filled on every bright day with enthu siasts, while crowds stand around waiting for a chance to play. PLEASANTRIES OP PARAGRAPHERS Face Value. "Her face Is her fortune." "WelL she wouldn't be very rich If she wer two-faced." Philadelphia Bulletin. Mistress (to newly engaged cook) And now, what shall we call you 7 Cook Well, mum, me name Is Bertha, but me friends all calls me Birdie. Tlt-Blts. It Has Become Necessary. The Governess I know French and German Mrs. Uptodate That Is not sufficient. I want some one who can teach my children Scotch. Town and Definitions. "What Is ability?" "Abil ity Is that to which a man owes his own suc cess." "And what Is luck?" "Luck Is that to which all others owe their success." Chica go Evening Post, The Blessings of Wealth. Gladys It must ba awful nice to have money enough to be char itable. Ethel Yes; then one doesn't need to be . charitable to make folks think one has money. Puck. Pretty Loud. "This necktie." said the sales man, "speaks for Itself." "Speaks for Itself?" repeated the customer, as he took In the loud ness ot the design: "I say that It positively yells!" Baltimore Herald. The Fat One And that over there is your hog-pen? The Tall One Well, we did call It that once, but since prosperity has been flyla' around In sech large chunks, we refer to It as a. community of Interests. Life. Friendship's Tribute. The Youth I think Bessie BlUus Is as pretty as she can be. Don't you? The Maiden Oh. yes; It eh could think of any way to make herself pret tier you can bet she'd try It. Chicago Trib une. To Have and to Hold. Tess Jack told me hi was going to propose to a girl I know last night. Jess Yes, and he'll never do It again. Tess Why. who was the girl? Jess I, and I accepted him. Philadelphia Press. Deserved No Sympathy. Mrs. Slmpythlze I am so sorry that your dear uncle, whom you loved so much. Is dead. Mrs. Cutowt Oh. you needn't be: he didn't leave us a cent after all the times we had him at our house for din ner. too. Ohio State Journal. - To the Cnckoo. William Wordsworth. 0 blithe new-comert I have heard, 1 hear thee and rejoice; 0 Cuckoo! shall I call thee bird. Or but a winder lng voice? While I am lying on the grass Thy twofold shout I hear: From hill to hill It seems to pasg. At once far off and near. """ Though babbling only to the vale Of sunshine and of flowers. Thou brlngest unto me a tale Of visionary hours. Thrice welcome darling of the Spring! Even yet thou art to me No bird, but an Invisible thing; A voice, a mystery: The same whom In my school-boy daym 1 llsten'd to; that cry Which made me look a. thousand ways In bush, and tree, and sky. To seek thee did I often rove Through woods and on tho green; And thou wert still a hope, a love; Still long'd for. never seen! And I can listen to thee yet; Can llo upon the plain And listen, till I do beget That golden time again. O blessed bird! the earth we paca Again appears to be An unsubstantial, faery place. That Is fit home for ttow!